A SPECIAL New Year delivery came for a Mold couple with the birth of their first daughter.

Freya Rose Pepper was born at 4am on New Year's Day at the Countess of Chester Hospital, weighing 7lb 5oz. According to parents Heather and David, from Gwernymynydd, she is letting everyone know she has arrived.

Heather, a staff manager, said: 'She is doing fine but she's got a great pair of lungs.

'I was shocked when they told me she was due on the December 28 and I hoped she wouldn't have her birthday at Christmas.

'Instead, I was in the labour room on New Year's Day, watching all the celebrations on television.'